Meaty chunks of political news and commentary from former political operative and Canberra insider Richard Farmer.
Anyone who could write of a husband that he was "capable of having s-x with a Venetian blind" is worth remembering.
Our Treasurer is looking more percipient with every day that passes.
Australia's big four banks emerge from an international comparison released overnight as a profitable quartet benefiting from lower operating costs than most.
The Prime Minister has been accused of not being a loyal supporter of Black Caviar when the mare takes on the Poms at Royal Ascot tomorrow.
Petrol prices are on the way down again.
The proportion of men to women in Australia just keeps getting smaller.
Gina Rinehart presumably knows the story of The Independent but I wonder whether she will find the outcome any different if she gets her way in controlling the Fairfax papers?
I hope the new slimline Fairfax retains enough staff to continue providing us with news like this morning's report on Julia Gillard entertaining Australia's most popular ''mummy bloggers'' .
Australians might be giving Prime Minister Julia Gillard a somewhat cool reception but things will be different when she arrives in Rio de Janeiro.
A Westminster parliament has found it -- a way to call a political liar a liar.
